ZAMBOANGA CITY - After days of tension, a fierce firefight erupted in Tipo Tipo municipality, Basilan province on Tuesday, Oct. 28, between soldiers and lawless elements and forces affiliated with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The gunfight erupted after negotiations led by the...
CEBU CITY – A cash reward of P200,000 has been offered for the arrest of a wanted man who fatally shot a police captain in Barangay Sudlon 2 here on Saturday, Oct. 25. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) initially offered to give P100,000 to anyone who could provide information...
SAN ANDRES, Quezon – An eight-year-old boy was hit and killed by a dump truck while crossing a road on Sunday in Barangay Camflora here. Investigation said the victim was running an errand for his mother when he was struck. The victim died on the spot from serious injuries. The driver of the dump...
ILIGAN CITY – Three persons were killed and another was injured in a head-on collision between two vehicles in Purok 10, Barangay Dalipuga, this city, on Monday afternoon, Oct. 27. Initial investigation said a Hyundai Accent rammed a 10-wheel truck. The front of both vehicles sustained heavy...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – Three construction workers were killed and two others are missing after their truck plunged into the Chico River in Barangay Tocucan here on Monday morning, Oct. 27. The Bontoc Operations Center said the truck transporting five workers was headed to a project site in...
PIDDIG, Ilocos Norte – A widower and her son were gunned down by a security guard in Sitio Nagbukel, Barangay San Antonio, this town, on Sunday, Oct. 26. Police identified the victims as Maria Theresa Dansalan and her son, Jasper, a pharmacist, residents of Solsona, Ilocos Norte. Investigation...
LOPEZ, Quezon – A soldier was killed and three colleagues were injured in a collision between their motorcycles and a bus in Barangay Talolong here before dawn on Monday. Police identified the fatality as Nico and the injured as Emer, Erwin, and Reynaldo. The victims are assigned to the 85th...
BACOLOD CITY – A 17-year-old girl found hogtied and lifeless in a vacant grassy lot in Barangay 12, this city, died from asphyxia by ligature and tested positive for sexual assault, police said. Police Capt. Francis Depasucat, head of Police Station 1, said the autopsy report indicated that the...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A man allegedly with mental health issues stabbed a passenger to death on board a provincial bus in Barangay Pinagpanaan, Talavera, Nueva Ecija, on Saturday night, Oct. 25. Police said the bus conductor was unloading cargo near a bridge when the suspect suddenly stood up...
SAN NARCISO, Quezon – A 22-year-old farmer was stabbed to death and his companion was injured while walking in Barangay Pagdadamayan here on Thursday night. Police identified the victim as Gerald. Investigation said Gerald and Christian, 22, were walking when a man onboard a motorcycle arrived....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A worker was killed in an explosion in a rubber farm in Barangay Mangal, Sumisip municipality, Basilan province on Thursday, Oct. 23. Police identified the victim as John Roy Alvarez, 35. Investigation disclosed that Alvarez was working near a rubber tree when the explosion...
CEBU CITY – Observe traffic laws. Authorities issued this reminder following a road accident that claimed the life of a 41-year-old lady judge in Pinamungajan town, Cebu province on Wednesday, Oct. 22. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) said one of the motorcycles involved in the...
